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So, where's Madden going to go? If he goes to NBC and gets paired with Dick Enberg, I think I shall blow chunks.

Wow...the end of an era.

Five - one to hold the candle, and four to get the cake burning. (sorry, dude, it's congenital )

"Casino Royale" was actually a pretty nifty single, but that's Bacharach. Then again, Bacharach did his early solo albums on A&M, and his productions for Dionne Warwick often featured that kind of pinched trumpet tone that Albert had, so which came first? Who knows, and who cares, but all I'm saying is that although most of the TJB's catalog is cliched and formulaic corn, pure and simple, there's occasional pieces of genuine pop nexusism to be found, if that sort of thing contributes to your daily pleasure. And then there's a John Pisano tune called "Slick" that is exactly that...

What I find interesting is how Allan Toussaint had hit songs with both Herb Albert and Al Hirt. Well. "interesting" might be stretching it, but...

This is Wayne & Miyako: Contrast and compare.

I don't know what's worse, Beechwood Aging, Aging Beechnut, or aging Beach Boys. Probably the last one, but it's close.

So, AGGIE87, when's your birthday?

This one is a keeper, for sure: One of "neither/nor" records in terms of being "European" or "American" in it's concepts (close enough to either, but not enoguh to stick). It is what it is, and Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski on tenor has the kind of sound and feel that makes you want to hear more and more and more.

Might as well face it, you're addicted to music journalism.

To dig out your old Booty People LP?

Even $5.99 is cheaper than most used joints.

Most of my list would be Classic Rock albums from the 70s and beyond. I lost interest in Mainstream Rock as anything other than "miscellaneous" music and/or driving music (which meant songs, not albums) in late 1970, and never really ever got back on track with it..

Yeah, Rod, that coems as a bit of a shocker to me too. NEVER? Oh well, the stuff you have heard that a lot of us have never even heard of, makes up for it. Almost.

If ever a band was in need of a cute female vocalist, this was it: http://www.svgprd.com/hurra/hurra_torpedo.wmv And if ever a band was going to be unable to get one under any circumstances, this, too, was it.

Ah, but here's the thing - I have no reason whatsoever to believe that that player, nor any of the others, were "trying" to do anything other than exactly what they were doing!

Wasn't sure if the Rollins was on the table for "official" discussion or not, but if it is, I'd like to say.... [B]WHOOOOOOOO BOY!!!!!

Ok, the Atavistic disc reissues Dodd's classic 1946 Folkways recordings and includes 20 1954 pieces by two rural brass bands that first came out on a Folkways LP entitled "Music from The South". These brass band cuts are beyond "primitive". It's truly like hearing something from another universe. That's all I'm going to say (hell, that's all I can say, really), other than that the Dodds material is essential, the liner essay about the brass band stuff is pretty damn interesting, and that the Country Brass Band material will fuck you up big time. Other than that, you're on your own.

You know, you could really make people go "WTF?" if you had that on a bumper sticker. Or not, but I like the idea anyway.

I'd think that $5.99 booty would be pretty heavily worn myself, but I'm old school that way...

I've heard bits of the Krupa over the years. Good writing, naturally, but the band is not as wholly bebop-oriented in flayvah as you maight hope for. Still, it's some good early Mulligan scores, and that alone is a reason to check it out in my book.

This would appear to be the album in question: I'm thinking that at least $4 of that $5.99 is for the cover, cut corner or no...

Oh my... Booty People -- Booty People . . . LP . . . $5.99 (Item: 36318) ABC, 1977 Condition: Very Good View Cart A great indication of the time-tested theory that the more a band tries to be "funky" in their name, the more they actually aren't. In other words, a group like the Booty People, who sound like they're going to be an all-out party, actually end up being some sort of weak fake funk outfit -- with kind of a third rate pop P-Funk groove. Not that they're totally terrible, it's just that in a list of essential funk records you should own, The Booty People would probably be somewhere right near the bottom. Tracks include "Booty People", "After The Rain", "Slappin Five", "Shoot To Kill", and "Anyway I'm Busted". (Cover has a cut corner and light wear.) http://www.dustygroove.com/warehouslp.htm#36318 Still, it seems to be worth $5.99....

Yeah, the Dodds material is indeed classic, but the Brass Band stuff is the real ear-stretcher. You couldn't get a band today, no matter how "amateur", to sound like that no matter how hard they tried, which I suppose is sorta the point...

No love for the Baby Dodds/Country Brass Bands side? Tell you what - spend a few hours listening to those Brass Band sides and then talk to me about "out"...